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Cooper
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Cooper |
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Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. |
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5/15/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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The Recovery Operation of th
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The Recovery Operation of the Faith 7 |
| Date of Image |
1963-05-16 |
| Full Description |
The recovery operation of the Faith 7 spacecraft after the completion of the 1-1/2 day orbital flight (MA-9 mission) with Astronaut Gordon Cooper. Navy frogmen attach the flotation collar to the spacecraft. The MA-9 mission was the last flight of the Mercury Project and launched on May 15, 1963 boosted by The Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle. |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper assi
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper assisted into his Mercury Spacecraft |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) earth-orbital space mission, is assisted into his "Faith 7" Mercury Spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown. MA-9 was launched on May 15, 1963, and the flight lasted for 34 hours and 20 minutes. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-15 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper leav
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper leaves transfer van for launch pad |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. leaves the transfer van for the launch pad and the begining of the Mercury-Atlas 9 flight on May 15, 1963. |
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1963-05-15 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper assi
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper assisted into his Mercury Spacecraft |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) earth-orbital space mission, is assisted into his "Faith 7" Mercury Spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown. MA-9 was launched on May 15, 1963, and the flight lasted for 34 hours and 20 minutes. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-15 |
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